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The Birth of 'New Age' America24:17
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March 01, 2010
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Timothy Leary addresses the crowd at the "Human Be-In," which he helped organize, in San Francisco's Golden Gate Park on Jan. 14, 1967. Leary told the crowd to "Turn on, Tune in and Drop out." (AP)
Timothy Leary addresses the crowd at the "Human Be-In," which he helped organize, in San Francisco's Golden Gate Park on Jan. 14, 1967. Leary told the crowd to "Turn on, Tune in and Drop out." (AP)

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Don Lattin covered religion for the San Francisco Chronicle for two decades and is author of "Following Our Bliss: How the Spiritual Ideals of the Sixties Shape Our Lives Today." His new book is “The Harvard Psychedelic Club: How Timothy Leary, Ram Dass, Huston Smith and Andrew Weil Killed the Fifties and Ushered in a New Age for America.”

This program aired on March 1, 2010.

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